Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Starboard's New AirBorn SUP '' SURF Fish '' models

An ultra-thin shape that enables you to rip even when the swell’s barely there. Everything about the Air Born has been designed to achieve the best performance in any mushy waves. Its fish-style outline offers great shortboard carving.
The thin, high-apex rail lets the water flow around it, accelerating the board on the rail. This gives you the feel of riding a steep barrel wave.
This ultra-thin profile allows the board to flex more and store all the energy ready for release on your airs or cutbacks.
Comes in three Sizes...    Two 7-10's at  31.5 and 30 wide  and 7-4 x 28.5 


For those looking for ultra-high performance and stability in small surf,

the Air Born 7’10’x31.5’’ has all the characteristics of the 30’’ board and more. We traded 1/10 of an inch thickness for 1.5 inches of width, keeping almost the same volume. This ultra-thin profile allows the board to flex more and store all the energy ready for release on your airs or cutbacks, while providing extra stability and control. This is the ultimate performance fish.

 The Air Born 7’4’’x28.5’’ is a scaled down version of the Air born 7’10’’x30’’ to allow lighter or highly-skilled riders to optimize sessions where swell isn’t very big. Everything about the Air Born has been designed to get the best performance in mushy waves. Its fish-style outline offers great shortboard carving.
The thin, high-apex rail lets the water flow around it, accelerating the board on the rail. This gives you the feel of riding a steep barrel wave.
This ultra-thin profile allows the board to flex more and store all the energy ready for releases on your airs or cutbacks. 








 I was able to see this SUP at the expo and was very light weight and felt really thin for a SUP  the flat bottom, relaxed rocker  and the added FCS center fin addition was to my liking since I'm a Truster or 2+1 fin surfer. Looks like a great surf sup for our waters however i was pushing its upper limits of floatation at my weight of 190 lbs ,,,,, this board displacement is 98 liters ,,,  
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Here is a short vid of the 7-10 x3 0 model by Surf FX in Australia

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